2nd International Conference on Communication And Mass Media

 

May 24-26, 2004

Athens, Greece

 

PROGRAM

 Organized by

 

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AT.IN.E.R.)

 

 

Venue: Hellenic Management Association,

200 Ionias Avenue & Iakovaton Street. Kato Patisia. 111 44 Athens, Greece (Close to the Metro Station Kato Patisia).

 

 

Organizing Committee

1.    Gregory T. Papanikos, ATINER, Greece.

2.    Nicholas Pappas, ATINER and Sam Houston University, USA.

3.    Chris Sakellariou, ATINER and Nanyang University, Singapore.

4.    Angelos Tsaklaganos, ATINER and Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

5.    Stefania- Marina Yiannakaki, ATINER and the Institute of Education, University of London, U.K.

 

 

Administration

Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka, Tristan Hendy, Zoi Boutsioli.

Conference Program

 

Monday May 24th, 2004

(The time for each session includes a 15 minute coffee break)

 

8:00-09:00 Registration

 

09:00-09:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks


09:10-11:00 SESSION I

Chairperson:  Nicholas C. J. Pappas,  Head, European Research Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA

 

  1. Barton, W., Senior Lecturer, Coventry University, England. The Savage Wars of Peace:  Rhetorics of Imperialism From the White Man’s Burden to the War on Terror.
  2. *Hassencahl, F., Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, USA. American and European Political Cartoonists Pen/Pin Saddam Hussein.
  3. Prentoulis, M., Visiting Lecturer, City University, UK & Tumber, H., Dean of the School of Social Sciences, City University, UK & Webster, F., Professor, City University, UK. War Correspondents in the Line of Fire.
  4. Sylvester, J., Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA & Huffman, S., Associate Professor, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA. From The Front: The Pentagon Embed Program and the War in Iraq.

 

 

11:00-12:30 SESSION II

 Chairperson:  Hassencahl, F., Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, USA.

 

  1. d' Agostino, P., Professor, Temple University, USA & Tafler, D., Professor, Muhlenberg College, USA. Techno/Cultural Identities: from Ships to GigaBits.
  2. Wanta, W., Professor, University of Missouri, USA and Craft, S., Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, USA. Polarization of Political Attitudes: The Role of Internet and Media Use.
  3. Whitt, D., Professor, Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA. Cyborgs without Borders: Science Fiction, Technology, and Visions of the Human/Machine Union.
  4. Chan-Olmsted, S.M., Associate Professor, University of Florida, USA. Multiplicity, Diffusion, New Media Access, and their Determinants in the European Media Markets.

 

 

12:30-14:00 SESSION III

Chairperson:  Wanta, W., Professor, University of Missouri, USA and Craft, S., Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, USA.

 

  1. Shamp, S.A., Director, University of Georgia, USA. Mobile Media in Europe and US:  A World of Wireless Difference.
  2. Pernaa, V., Senior Research Fellow, University of Turku, Finland. Mass Media and the Future of Political Publicity.
  3. Jung, B., Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. New Media Regulation Patterns in Europe - Towards a More Powerful State? 
  4. Bock, M., Ph.D. Student, Annenberg School for Communication, USA. The Shared Viewing Experience: How television’s changing sense of time has shaped collective identity in the United States and Europe. 

 

 

14:00-15:00: LUNCH (in Conference Venue)

 

 

15:00-16:30 SESSION IV

Chairperson: Shamp, S.A., Director, University of Georgia, USA.

 

  1. Smaele, H., Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Belgium. The Union Goes East: Audiovisual Policy in the Enlarged European Area
  2. Suárez, R., Researcher, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain. Digital Television and European Enlargement.
  3. Fratiloiu, R., Ph.D. Student, Concordia University, Canada. Nation and Post-nation in Europe: The Question of Belonging.

 

 

16:30-18:00 SESSION V

Chairperson: *Hassencahl, F., Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, USA.

 

  1. Zabaleta, I., Full Professor, Basque Country University UPV-EHU, Spain, Xamardo, N., Professor, Basque Country University UPV-EHU, Spain, Urrutia, S., Professor, Basque Country University UPV-EHU, Spain, Gutierrez, A., Professor, Basque Country University UPV-EHU, Spain, and Mendizabal, A., Professor, Basque Country University UPV-EHU, Spain. Minority Language Media in the European Union: Reality, Issues and Development Strategies.
  2. Dilli, S., Ph.D. Student, Sorbonne University, France. Communitarian Media in European Union
  3. Wu, Y., Ph.D. Student, Cardiff University, UK. Mapping the Political Demographic Identity Online: A Study of the Community Nature of Qiangguo at WWW.People.Com.Cn in China.

 

 

 20:30-23:30 GREEK NIGHT

(Place: Tavern STAMATOPOULOS,  26 Lissiou Street,  PLAKA, Tel.: 210 3228722)

 Tuesday May 25th, 2004

 

09:30-11:00 SESSION VI

Chairperson:  Angelos Tsaklaganos, ATINER and Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

 

  1. Egan, K. S., Professor, Brigham Young University, USA. European Fashion and the Transformation of Play into Art: A Phenomenological Study.
  2. Niblock, S., Lecturer, City University, UK and Machin, D.,Cardiff University, UK.  Lifestyle, branding and target audience segments: the new contexualisation of News Values

 


11:00-12:30 SESSION VII

Chairperson:  Egan, K. S., Professor, Brigham Young University, USA.

 

  1. Kendrick, A., Professor, Southern Methodist University, USA and Fullerton, J.A., Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA. Evaluation of the First U.S. Ad Campaign to the Muslim World: International Student Reaction to the Shared Values Initiative
  2. Chaudhary, A., Professor, Howard University, USA. Convergence: Globalization, Localization and New Communication Technologies.
  3. Kocak, A., Assistant Professor, Selcuk University, Turkey. Uses and Gratifications of Online and Print Newspapers among University Students in Turkey: A Comparison.
  4. Sonnac, N.,  Associate Professor, University of Paris II, France. Does Advertising Lower the Price of Newspapers to Consumers? A Theoretical Appraisal.
  5. Lah, P. Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University, USA. Social Communication in the (Enlarged) European Union: A Case Study of Slovenian and Germany Daily Newspapers.

 

 

12:30-14:00 SESSION VIII

Chairperson:  Kendrick, A., Professor, Southern Methodist University, USA.

 

  1. Biggins, O., Assistant Professor, Dhurakijpundit University, Thailand. Media Convergence, Concentration of Ownership and the Transitional Power from Media to Politics in Thailand.
  2. Chen, P.-H., Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. Exploring Correlations between Customer Satisfaction and Market Dynamics in Taiwan’s Cable Television Industry.
  3. Nedeljkovich, M., Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma, USA. “White Paper” And Serbian Mass Media in the Post-Milosevic Era.
  4. Lichtenberg, L., Managing Director, the Netherlands Press Fund, the Netherlands. State Aid to the Press in International Perspective: The Dutch Case.

 

 14:00-15:00 LUNCH (in Conference Venue)

 

 

15:00-16:30 SESSION IX

Chairperson:  Rodriguez, L., Associate Professor, Iowa State University, USA

 

  1. Pasadeos, Y., Professor & Associate Dean, University of Alabama, USA & Dinu, L., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alabama, USA. The Information Content of European Magazine Advertisements:  Possible Effects of Globalization and Harmonization.
  2. Purdey, H., Senior Lecturer, City University, UK. Training the ‘Watchdogs’ – How Journalism Training Can Become an Instrument of Globalisation.
  3. Stúr, E., Lecturer, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. An Open Question - Globalization of News in European Media.
  4. Rézműves, I., Ph.D. Student, University Of Colorado, USA. The Creation of the Social Self in a Transnational and Global Era.

 

16:30-18:00 SESSION X

Chairperson:  Nedeljkovich, M., Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma, USA.

 

  1. Scott, B., Professor, University of Missouri, USA, Grusha, A., Moscow State University, Russia & Guseva, I., Professor, University of Missouri, USA.  How Russian and Western Media Frame Developing Prospects and Problems between the European Union and Russian Federation.
  2. Rodriguez, L., Associate Professor, Iowa State University, USA & Kappmeyer, K., Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University, USA. Food Safety vs. Food Security: A Comparative Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of GMOs in Britain and the Philippines: 2000-2002.
  3. Holmberg, S., Assistant Professor, MKV/ITM, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden. Media Coverage of Human Trafficking (HT) in Destination Countries – Case Study Sweden.
  4. Pardun, C. J., Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, USA. When Parents and God Collide:  Who Controls the Remote In Early Adolescents’ Media Use?

  

 

20:00-22:00 DINNER

(Place: Rozalia Tavern, 58 Valtetsiou str., Exarcheia Square, Tel.: 210-330-2933)

 

 

Wednesday May 26th, 2004

 

 One Day Cruise to the Aegean Islands (includes Lunch)

07:00 Bus Departure from the Conference Hotel to Piraeus
08:30 Boat Departure

18:30 Return to the Conference Hotel from Piraeus.

 

  1. Sarabia-Panol, Z., Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, U.S.A. The Cultural/Persuasive Industries and the European Union: When Does Size Really Matter?
  1. Lelovics, Z., Professor, University of Kaposvár, Hungary & Bősze J., Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary. Body Weight Media Terror.
  2. Scholl, A., Professor, Minnesota State University, USA.  Media, Feminism and the Ethics of Social Change through Boycotting.